XHTML 2 Working Group Expected to Stop Work End of 2009, W3C to Increase Resources on HTML 5
So, W3C effectively kills XHTML 2. In the interim will it be easier to code to HTML 4 strict and then convert to HTML 5, or just continue coding in XHTML. Sort of an important question when you're advising 100's of web producers managing hundreds of thousands of pages. Especially when your advice 5 years ago was to change from HTML 4 to XHTML transitional. Oops.
Manhood for Amateurs: The Wilderness of Childhood - The New York Review of Books: "The sandlots and creek beds, the alleys and woodlands have been abandoned in favor of a system of reservations—Chuck E. Cheese, the Jungle, the Discovery Zone: jolly internment centers mapped and planned by adults with no blank spots aside from doors marked staff only. When children roller-skate or ride their bikes, they go forth armored as for battle, and their parents typically stand nearby."
This attitude has driven so many government websites to the point of uselessness. The Freedom of Information Act definitely has good intentions. An unintended consequence, however, is that stuff that serves no useful function, is never maintained, never reviewed and never deleted gets published in large quantities. But it’s there, this information, because it’s important to have lots and lots of information.Read the whole post.
My favorite albums since I can remember hearing an album in its entirety. My rules:
I've left out some very good stuff (Television's Marquee Moon and The Clash, both from 1977, being the prime examples), but I can play most of these from track one to the end in my head. I'm pretty sure I've left out some very bad stuff as well.
| Year | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Rubber Soul | The Beatles |
| 1966 | Blonde on Blonde | Bob Dylan |
| 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles |
| 1968 | The Beatles (White Album) | The Beatles |
| 1969 | Tommy | The Who |
| 1970 | After the Goldrush | Neil Young |
| 1971 | Sticky Fingers | Rolling Stones |
| 1972 | Exile on Main Street | Rolling Stones |
| 1973 | For Your Pleasure | Roxy Music |
| 1974 | Rock 'n' Roll Animal | Lou Reed |
| 1975 | Born to Run | Bruce Springsteen |
| 1976 | Howlin' Wind | Graham Parker & the Rumour |
| 1977 | Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols | Sex Pistols |
| 1978 | This Year's Model | Elvis Costello and the Attractions |
| 1979 | London Calling | The Clash |
| 1980 | A Different Kind of Tension | The Buzzcocks |
| 1981 | Wild Gift | X |
| 1982 | Shoot Out the Lights | Richard and Linda Thompson |
| 1983 | Murmur | REM |
| 1984 | Let it Be | The Replacements |
| 1985 | Rain Dogs | Tom Waits |
| 1986 | King of America | Elvis Costello |
| 1987 | Bring the Family | John Hiatt |
| 1988 | Surfer Rosa | The Pixies |
| 1989 | Oh Mercy | Bob Dylan |
| 1990 | Songs for Drella | Lou Reed and John Cale |
| 1991 | Girlfriend | Matthew Sweet |
| 1992 | Hollywood Town Hall | The Jayhawks |
| 1993 | World Gone Wrong | Bob Dylan |
| 1994 | Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain | Pavement |
| 1995 | Grand Prix | Teenage Fanclub |
| 1996 | Odelay | Beck |
| 1997 | OK Computer | Radiohead |
| 1998 | A Thousand Leaves | Sonic Youth |
| 1999 | The Soft Bulletin | Flaming Lips |
| 2000 | Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea | PJ Harvey |
| 2001 | White Blood Cells | The White Stripes |
| 2002 | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | Wilco |
| 2003 | Youth and Young Manhood | Kings of Leon |
| 2004 | Funeral | The Arcade Fire |
| 2005 | Illinoise | Sufjan Stevens |
| 2006 | The Greatest | Cat Power |
| 2007 | In Rainbows | Radiohead |